Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

Sweep the house in the twelfth lunar month and welcome the five blessings.

On the 24th, several people in the family got up early. Except for Du Wenxiu who did not allow them to work, everyone was assigned some tasks.

They cleaned the small yard inside and out, and even Xiaohu climbed onto the roof to sweep the floor.

After a day, everyone was exhausted, but everyone had a smile on their face.

When Du Wenxiu had some free time, he took out the workshop's income and expenditure book and started to calculate.

Yue Niang snatched it away and said with a smile, "You are still good enough on New Year's Day. Can't you let me take a break? You are just like Zhou Baopi, the only thing missing is to imitate the crowing of a rooster in the morning."

Du Wenxiu burst out laughing and raised his arm as if to hit her, but she dodged it nimbly.

"Don't forget it. Go to bed early tonight. We'll go buy some vegetables and meat tomorrow morning." Yue Niang put away her book and said.

"It's only when I think about these things that I stop worrying about whether Fang Hai is doing well outside..." Du Wenxiu murmured, then smiled.

"Forget it, forget it. I've been talking about buying New Year's goods since a month ago, but I haven't finished it yet. Let's go shopping together tomorrow."

"No matter how sad you are, let's put it aside and live happily first." Yue Niang said frankly.

It was the twenty-fifth day of the lunar year, and the few of them slept in lazily for a rare time. It was not until dawn that A Luo got up, cooked, and called them.

"You say you're taking a rest, but we still have a hard-working person in our family." A Luo kept winking at him, and several people stared at Xiaohu.

"I, I..." Xiaohu was thinking about something and stammered.

"Teachers teach, learn and practice from time to time, review the old to learn the new, I, I dare not slack off."

Du Wenxiu smiled and said, "You are right to think so. Learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't move forward, you will fall behind. You need to review every day."

Although Xiaohu is studious, his mother has been convicted and cannot take part in the imperial examination in that era.

However, reading books and gaining knowledge, knowing more about the teachings of saints and being educated are always much better than being a warrior who only knows how to wield a gun or a stick.

"Since Xiaohu wants to study hard, we won't take him with us when we go out." Du Wenchan said with a smile.

It's natural for a young man of his age not to like fun. He was just teasing him.

But Xiaohu just lowered his head and said nothing, and did not even clamor to go along.

Du Wenchan couldn't help but be confused.

However, Du Wenxiu didn't care. If this happened in modern times, even adolescent children would have no idea what they were thinking.

Let him live his life however he wants, and all I have to do is take care of him eating and drinking.

I don't know how Yulan is doing in the capital now. Is she doing well? Who knows when she will take Xiaohu away?

Du Wenxiu didn't know that the Yulan she was worried about was currently curled up in a warm and luxurious bed with carved beams and painted pillars, crying silently.

Ever since she came here, she has been like a bird in a cage, unable to resist at all.

That damn old eunuch was disabled and had stopped being a human being. He used all kinds of tricks on Yulan, and each time he took away half of her life.

Later, whenever Yulan heard his voice, she couldn't help trembling.

If she hadn't been worried about her younger brother Xiaohu who was still alive, she would have collapsed long ago.

"Madam, let me apply medicine to you?" The gentle voice of the maid came from behind.

Yulan stopped crying, climbed down from the bed and sat in front of the dressing table, allowing the maid to gently pull off her disheveled clothes.

Blood and sweat mixed together on her bruised body, and Yulan couldn't help but tremble slightly at the slightest movement.

The maidservant's hands became lighter and lighter, and she said distressedly, "My lady, please bear with it. I will be more careful."

"No need. It's better to suffer a short pain than a long one. Just be quick on your own." Yulan said with a bleak and numb expression.

I always fantasize that I will see my brother again one day, but if that day really comes, will I have the face to see him?

Yulan couldn't help but feel sad. She sat there blankly, tears streaming down her cheeks.

After a while, the maid reluctantly applied medicine to her and went to the closet to get some loose clothes for her to wear.

"Madam, you must always try your best to survive." The maid said softly.

Jade's half-glazed eyes turned and looked at her.

The maid was pretty, with an old scar on one side of her neck.

"It seems that we are all in the same boat, and you are here to persuade me. Don't worry, I won't commit suicide. If I die, you won't be able to live either."

Magnolia murmured.

The maid said nothing.

Although Magnolia has only been here for a short time, she sometimes has a bad temper.

But everyone working in this courtyard could see that she was a kind woman.

In order to test her, the damn eunuch had given her many opportunities to escape.

Even if the opportunity was right in front of her and others begged her to leave, she didn't leave.

Even though she was on the verge of death every time due to the inhuman tortures of the old eunuch, she still thought that once she died, everyone in the yard would be buried with her.

Because of this, the servants in the courtyard all felt more sympathy for her.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Yulan's hair was soaked with cold sweat and she couldn't help shivering.

The maid comforted her and trotted to open the door.

"But what does Lord Tang want?" Yulan heard the maid ask the visitor outside the door.

It seemed that the old eunuch had not come back, and she calmed down a lot.

After a while, the maid came over, leaned over and said, "Mr. Tang's adopted son, Commander Bi Cunbi, wants to see you, madam."

Yulan didn't understand the meaning of this sentence for a moment.

Why would anyone ask to see her? And who would ask for anything from a caged bird?

I'm afraid his brain is broken.

Seeing Yulan in a daze, the maid couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

"Commander Bi is here, but Lord Tang doesn't know. Madam, you may as well go and see him."

Yulan looked at her with eyes full of sorrow, and the maid felt as if her heart was about to break.

However, this matter was of great importance and there was no time to waste, so he took the initiative and invited Commander Bi in.

The old eunuch had just left, and the maid only had time to help Yulan apply medicine and get dressed before she had time to clean up.

When Commander Bi came in, he saw the house was in a mess, with all kinds of strange-shaped tools thrown everywhere.

The woman huddled in a corner of the bed had a pale face, and her eyes looked even darker, her lips redder, and her teeth whiter.

She is beautiful, charming and pure. Such a complex description is appropriate for the woman in front of me.

The twisted bloodstains on the arms and the delicate skin exposed outside the clothes, caused by something unknown, made even an old hand at torture like him tremble with fear.

She was curled up in the corner of the bed, hugging her legs, and didn't seem to care about his rude behavior of entering the inner room.

Bi Cun's heart felt as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer. His throat tightened and he opened his mouth to speak but no sound came out.

I originally thought that the old eunuch was just trying to satisfy his own twisted psychology and want to be a normal man.

Who would have thought that he would not treat the woman in front of him as a human being? Her eyes were dull and lifeless. How could she look like a living person?

"You..." Bi Cun felt his throat was dry and it was difficult for him to speak.

Yulan just hugged her knees with her hands, without raising her head or looking at him.